Source:NursingTimes.NetFollow this link for full text.Date of publication: 20th January, 2013.Publication type: Journal article.In a nutshell: An examination of the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet which has recently gained popularity.Length of publication: 1 web page.

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Date of publication: 16th January, 2013.Publication type: News item.In a nutshell: A closer look behind recent news stories that using social media sites to “tweet” about your diet can aid weight loss.Length of publication: 1 webpage.Some important notes: Follow this link to read the paper discussed in this article. Please contact your local NHS Library for the full text of the article. Follow this link to find your local NHS Library.

In a nutshell: This randomized trial, conducted over 18 months, saw participants receive either 250ml per day sugar-free, artificially sweetened beverage or a similar sugar-containing beverage. Results showed that masked replacements for sugar-containing beverages with non-calorific beverages reduced weight gain and fat accumulation in the normal weight children participating in this study.

In a nutshell: A RCT among 439 overweight-to-obese postmenopausal sedentary women to determine the differing effects of a calorie-reduced, low-fat diet (D), a moderate-intensity, aerobic exercise program (E), or the combination of both interventions (D+E), versus a no-lifestyle-change control group (C) on change in body weight and composition. It was found that amongst this group, lifestyle-change involving diet, exercise, or both over 1 year improved body weight and adiposity, with the greatest change arising from the combined intervention.